@article{article_464229, title={Smoking Addiction among University Students and the Willingness and Self- Efficacy to Quit Smoking}, journal={Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences}, volume={8}, pages={36–43}, year={2018}, author={Tarı Selçuk, Kevser and Avcı, Dilek and Mercan, Yeliz}, keywords={Smoking,dependence,self-efficacy}, abstract={<p>Objective: The study aimed to determine the level of smoking addiction </p> <p>among students and their willingness and self-efficacy to quit smoking and </p> <p>factors affecting them. </p> <p>Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 301 students </p> <p>studying in a nursing department between October 2016 and December </p> <p>2016. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Fagerström </p> <p>Test for Nicotine Dependence, and Self-efficacy/Incentive Factors Scale. In </p> <p>the analysis, descriptive statistics and the chi square test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov </p> <p>test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis were used. </p> <p>Results: Among the students, 18.3% were smokers. Of them, 56.4% were </p> <p>mildly dependent in nicotine, 30.9% were moderately dependent, and 12.7% </p> <p>were severely dependent. Males and smokers for ≥5 years constituted the </p> <p>larger portion of these severely nicotine-dependent students (p<0.05). Of the </p> <p>students, 38.2% wanted to quit smoking. The mean score that the students </p> <p>obtained from the Self-efficacy/Incentive Factors Scale was 23.71±5.89. Of </p> <p>the students, those whose mothers had primary school or lower education </p> <p>and those who smoked ≥11 cigarettes per day obtained significantly lower </p> <p>scores in the Self-Efficacy/Incentive Factors Scale (p<0.05). </p> <p>Conclusion: Approximately half of the students were moderately or severely </p> <p>dependent on nicotine, more than one-third of them wanted to quit </p> <p>smoking, and their self-efficacy for quitting smoking was moderate. Therefore, </p> <p>to prevent students from smoking, interventions should be planned </p> <p>through cooperation among institutions. </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Marmara University}